Issue Description

A murderer lurks within the depths of Sub Diego. The murder weapon: a kiss?! Can Aquaman stop the killer before they strike again?

Lorena arrives to meet a returning Aquaman of where he has been as eight citizens have died while he was away on JLA business. Aquaman then heads to the police station only to learn that there is no investigation being conducted,he then takes the body to the surface to enable autopsies to be performed with him learning that the victims were poisoned by pure oxygen.Suspecting Geist to be the killer Aquaman returns to the scientist who informs him every citizen of Sub-Diego exhales oxygen, making his list of suspects thousands of people long.He then returns to Chandra Abott, and the three go to a suspect who attacks and is quickly defeated by Aquaman who imprisons him in a makeshift jail as they begin investigating with Aquaman going to Arkham Asylum to get a perspective on an insane killer,meeting with the Scarecrow who analyzing the list determines the killer is spelling a message with his final victim having the initials A and C.

Aquaman (2003)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Aquaman (Volume 4)

Starring: Arthur Curry as Aquaman, Tempest, and Lorena Marquez as Aquagirl (II).

In the aftermath of the JLA arc The Obsidian Age, Aquaman is hated by his former subjects and exiled from the life-giving ocean he once called home. But that doesn't mean his quest to protect the oceans of the world at any cost is over any time soon!This volume is very interesting. The Lady of the Lake is a central character for the first 12 issues. Other new characters are the sorcerer Hagen, Man-of-War, Sweeney and Mccaferety. Aquaman goes back to spending time at a Lighthouse. The Thirst is introduced as a villain in issue 5 and is known as the dark side to the Water Bearer. Issues 13 and 14 are stand alone issues. Both are very good, but issue 14 is awe inspiring and stands along with Aquaman 13 of the 2nd series as one of the very best Aquaman stories of all time. Issue 15 brings a new writer, Will Pfeifer and a new Storyline, SubDiego. The end of this run sees Atlantis destroyed by the Spectre (with an Infinite Crisis tie in). Mera is back in Aquaman's life, just as he is developing a relationship with a surface woman. Lorena Marquez becomes the new Aquagirl around issue 20 and Koryak is no longer exiled from Atlantis.

Collected EditionsAquaman: The Waterbearer (#1-4 and Aquaman: Secret Files & Origins)Aquaman: Sub Diego (#15-22)

Continued in: Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis.

For Post Flashpoint volume 5, refer to Aquaman.

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